• Fred Sierles, MD Leadership and Excellence in Psychiatric Education Award
• • 2025     Greg Briscoe, MD
                  Evms, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences
    
  • 2024     Susan Lehmann, MD
                  Johns Hopkins
    
  • 2023     John Spollen, MD
                 University of Arkansas Medical School
    
  • 2022     Geraldine (Geri) Fox, MD
                  University of Illinois Chicago
    
  • 2021     Richard Balon, MD
                 Wayne State University School of Medicine
    
  • 2020     Brenda Roman, MD
                  Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine
    
  • 2019     Nutan A. Atre-Vaidya, MD
                  Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
    
  • 2018     Janis Cutler, MD
                  Columbia University University College of Physicians & Surgeons
    
  • 2017     Ruth Levine, MD
                  University of Texas Medical Branch
    
• Devneil Vaidya Junior Faculty Teaching Award
• • 2025     Dana Doctor, MD
                 University of North Carolina
  • 2024     Riley Machal, MD
                 University of Nebraska
  • 2023     Dana Raml, MD
                 University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • 2022     Adriane dela Cruz, MD, PhD
                 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • 2021     Mohadetheh (Roya) Moulana, MD
                  University of Mississippi School of Medicine
  • 2020     Rachel Russo, MD
                  University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • 2019     J. Chase Findley, MD
                  McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 2018     Aditya Joshi, MD
                  Penn State Hershey Medical Center
  • 2017     Eric G. Meyer, MD
                  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
  • 2016     Gaurava Agarwal, MD
                  Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • 2015     Lindsey Pershern, MD
                  University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • 2014     Sarah Johnson, MD
                  University of Louisville School of Medicine
  • 2013     Yael Dvir, MD
                  University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • 2012     Carolina Retamero, MD
                  Albert Einstein University
  • 2011     Kenan Penaskovic, MD
                  University of South Alabama School of Medicine
  • 2010     Jess Fiedorowicz, MD
                  University of Iowa
  • 2009     Jeff Cluver, MD
                  Medical University of South Carolina
  • 2008     Jan Terpstra, MD
                  University of Utah School of Medicine
  • 2007     Steve Schlozman, MD
                  Harvard
• ADMSEP Amy Brodkey, MD Award for Advocacy and Community Service in Psychiatry
• • 2025     Rodney Villanueva, MD
                  Wake Forest School of Medicine
    
  • 2024     Kristin Escamilla, MD
                  Dell Medical School, University of Texas
    
• Research in Medical Education Poster Award
• • 2025      Claire Selinger MD, Joseph Dragonetti MD, Lisi Wang, Pralahad Raman MD, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School
    "Case-Based Interactive Learning Seminars for Medical Students on Psychiatry Clerkship"
  • 2024      Melissa Ludgate, Emily Morse, and Aubrey Chan, University of Iowa
    "Increased Confidence in Conducting the Mental Status Exam with Use of Standardized Patient Videos"
  • 2024      Melissa Ludgate, Emily Morse, and Aubrey Chan, University of Iowa
    "Increased Confidence in Conducting the Mental Status Exam with Use of Standardized Patient Videos"
  • 2023- a TIE this year     Neeral K. Sheth, Adam Wilson, David Schilling, Sandy Rhee, James C. West, and T. Celeste Napier
    "Words Can Hurt: How Language Impacts Trainees' Attitudes and Actions in Treating Substance Use Disorders" and
    Melissa Ludgate, Emily Morse, Hailey Oepping, James Min, Aubrey C. Chan
    "Humility—Too Much of A "Good" Thing? Self-perceived inferiority among female medical students despite equivalent performance"
  • 2022     Victoria Kelly MD, Kaitlyn Garcia MD, Nathan Massengill MD, Thomas Roach DO, Harmandeep Pannu MD, Eric Gao DO, Nikila Luke MD, Summer Farooq DO, Adam Rows MD, Gregory Everett MD, Caylie Bel, MD, Ryan Dixon MD, Ryan O'Connell MD, & Brian Compton MD
    ""Freudian Slips": Gamification in Resident Medical Education Improves Teamwork and Patient Care"
  • 2021     Jackson Mitzner, et al
    "Burned Out Students Report Similar Utilization Rates, Lower Perceived Efficacy of Wellness Resources"
  • 2019     Jeritt Tucker, Ph.D.;Lisa Streyffeler, Ph.D.; Teri Brister, Ph.D.; Alexis Hanson, D.O; Sydney Westfield, D.O.
    "Effect of Contact-based Education on Medical Student Barriers to Treating Severe Mental Illness: A Non-randomized, Controlled Trial"
  • 2018     -James Curt West MD & William Gilliland, MD
    "Impact of Pretesting on Study Behaviors and NBME Score in Clerkship"
  • 2017     Valerie Houseknecht, MD; Brenda Roman, MD; Nicole Borges, Ph.D.; Adrienne Stolfi, MSPH
    "Assessing Professional Identity, Wellness, Imposter Phenomenon and Calling to Medicine Over Time in Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students"
  • 2016     Anthony Crisafio, BA, Victoria Anderson, BA, Julia Frank, MD
    "Missing the Mark but Hitting the Target: A Blinded, Controlled Study of Video Modeling of SBIRT"
  • 2015     Caitlin Stork, MD, Antonia New, MD
    "Impact of the Third-Year Clerkship on Medical Students' Opinion of Psychiatry: Which Factors Matter Most?"
  • 2014     Adriana Foster, MD & Colleagues
    "A Randomized Controlled Study Using Virtual Patients to Enhance Medical Students Empathic Communication"
  • 2013     Alastair McKean, MD & Brian Palmer, MD
  • 2012     Amy Mauritson MD; S. Taylor Williams MD
  • 2011     Darlene Shaw PhD, Suzanne Thomas PhD, Laurence Blumenthal MD
  • 2010     Michael Ignatowski, Andrew Smith, & Brenda Roman AND Cara Alexander & J. Michael Bostwick
  • 2009     Mark Townsend, MD and Jason Rosenstock, MD
  • 2008     Brenda Roman, MD and Geri Fox, MD
• ADMSEP Distinguished Trainee Innovations Scholarship Poster Award
• • 2021     Emily Diana, MD, et al
    "Psychotropic Medication Informed Consent: A Cross-Specialty, Role-Playing Skill Builder"
  • 2019     Danielle Taubman, M.D.; Anna Blazejowskj, B.S.; Harinee Maiyuran, B.S.; Shareley Fred Torres, B.A.; Shreya Nagula, M.D.
    "Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Cutting Through the Stigma and Providing Trainees with an Educational Curriculum"
  • 2017     Shinn-yi Chou, MD & Dana Raml, MD
    "Integrating a Nutritional Intervention Education for Patients with Serious Mental Illness into the Psychiatry Clerkship: A Model for Medical Student Engagement and Recruitment through Combining Primary Preventive and Psychiatry Care"
  • 2016     Jason Lorenzen, MD; Joseph Sakai, MD, Robert Davies, MD
    "The Development of Reflective Capacity in Medical Students"
  • 2015     Robert Rymowicz, B.Sc.
    "Residents Report Positive Experiences with Subspecialties in Psychiatry During Their Medical School Clerkship"
• Best Trainee Poster Award
• • 2024     Courtney L. O'Keefe, Althea Scott, Kelly Cozza, Elle Cleaves, and Derrick Hamaoka from Uniformed Services University
    "What do Medical Students Think about Faculty Surveys?"
  • 2023     Ruifei Wang, Kimberly S. Benavente, Carlos E. Velez
    “Developing a 4th Year Medical Student Elective in Psychotherapy”
• The ADMSEP Innovations Award
• • 2025
    Gregory Hestla
    McGovern Medical School
    
  • 2024
    Neeta Shenai, MD
    University of Wisconsin
    Val Fulmer, Catherine Gowl, Jordan See, MD, Ryan Peterson, MD, and Reed Van Deusen, MD
    University of Pittsburgh
    
  • 2023     Margaret Puelle, MD and Tingfang (Tina) Chen, MD
    “Brain & Behavior: A Comprehensive, Integrative, Interactive Pre-Clinical Psychiatry Curriculum”
  • 2022     Lindsey Pershern, MD and Adriane dela Cruz, MD, PhD
    "for "Brainival: Toxidrome-a-palooza""
  • 2021     Anastasia Ruiz, MD, and Sabrina DeLeon, MD,
    "Understanding the Complexities of Sex Trafficking"
  • 2019     Jason Rosenstock, M.D.;Pierre Azzam, M.D.; Jody Glance, M.D.
    "Final Preparations for Residency: A Psychiatry Bootcamp for Senior Medical Students"
  • 2018     Lisa Fore-Arcand, EdD
  • 2014     Kathlene Trello-Rishel, MD & Lia Thomas, MD
  • 2013     Martin Klapheke, MD and Howard Liu, MD
  • 2012     Andres Martin, MD
  • 2011     Geri S. Fox, M.D
  • 2010     Judith Lewis, MD AND J. Michael Bostwick, MD
• Innovations in Medical Education Poster Award
• • 2025     Rohini Mehta MD, Lori Kels, MD from University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine:
    "An Effective Curricular Approach to Teaching Agitation Management Outside the Psychiatry Clerkship"
  • 2024     J. Cody Naughton, Emma Brennan, Chadwick Yip, and Neeral Sheth from Rush University:
    "From Observing to Taking Ownership: Student & Patient Experiences in a Clinic Designed to Enhance Student Autonomy in Outpatient Psychiatry"
  • 2023     Brittany N. Goldstein, MD and Cara Angelotta, MD
    "Teaching Capacity in Undergraduate Medical Education: Effectiveness of an Innovative Curriculum"
  • 2022     Claire McLaughlin, Catherine Leiner, Aakath Mehta, Caleb Easterly, Trisha Slehria, Gary Beck-Dallaghan PhD, & Kenan Penaskovic MD
    Incorporating Racial Equity in Medical Student Psychiatry Curriculum"
  • 2020     Neeral Sheth, DO
    "The Gender Affirming Health Care Curriculum"
  • 2019     Jason Rosenstock, M.D.; Pierre Azzam, M.D.; Jody Glance, M.D.
    "Final Preparations for Residency: A Psychiatry Bootcamp for Senior Medical Students"
  • 2018     Amber Frank, MD, Alexandra Zagoloff, PhD, et. al
    "An Introduction to Psychotherapy for Medical Students: A Model Curriculum with Video Simulations"
  • 2017     Samuel Scharff, MD, PhD Candidate & Susan Lehmann, MD
    "History in the Clinic: Understanding Suicide, Past and Present"
  • 2016     Janna Gordon-Elliott, MD Julie Penzner, MD; Elizabeth Auchincloss, MD
    "Integrated Scholarship Programs for Students, Residents and Faculty: Collaboration Across the Developmental Spectrum"
  • 2015     Molly Poag, MD, Sandra Yingling, Martin V. Pusic, Sabrina Lee, Rhonda G. Acholonu
    "Comparison of Mid-Clerkship Faculty and Student Self-Assessment Using a PRIMES iPad Application"
  • 2014     Kathlene Trello-Rishel, MD & Lia Thomas, MD
    "The Comprehensive Write-up: An Area to Address Grading Discrepancies Across Training Sites in the Psychiatry Clerkship"
  • 2013     Mary Blazek, MD
  • 2012     Janette McMillan, Samantha Kelleher and George Pachev
  • 2011     Robert Averbuch
• ADMSEP Distinguished Trainee Research Scholarship Poster Award
• • 2025     Kyle Willette, Steffen Fallini, Julian Aviles, Bethany Harper MD, Larrilyn Grant MD
    "A Self-Guided Module on Psychotherapy for Third Year Medical Students: Assessing Preparedness, Knowledge, and Attitudes"
  • 2022     Jenna Pastorini MSc, Simran Rahi BSc, Mitchell Cohen MD, & David Beckham MD,
    "Medical Students Processing Challenges in Clinical Psychiatry"
  • 2021     Brent Schnipke, MD, et al
    "Teaching the Biopsychosocial (BPS) Model of Patient Formulation to Medical Students"
  • 2019     Elizabeth Ryznar, M.D., M.Sc.; Robert Lloyd, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Pilot Study of an Online Capacity Didactic Video for the Psychiatry Clerkship"
  • 2018     -Shinn-yi Chou, MD, Dana Raml, MD, Jane Phelps-Tschang, MD, et. al for "Medical Student Mental health Wellness: Assessing Resources and Needs Across Five Medical Schools" and
    -Ozra Nobari, MD, Rana Elmaghraby, MD, et.al for "Knowing Is Not Enough; We Must Apply. Willing Is Not Enough; We Must Do: A Multi-faceted Curriculum to Guide Psychiatry Trainees with Teaching Medical Students on Inpatient Units
    
• ADMSEP MedEdPORTAL Award (award was retired in 2023)
• • 2021     Thomas Mitchell, MD, and Matthew Goldenberg, MD
    “When Doctor Means Teacher: An Interactive Workshop on Patient-Centered Education”
  • 2020     Judith L. Lewis, MD
    “The Other Side of Medical Student Mistreatment: Teaching Cultural Competency Across the Generational Divide”
  • 2018     Susan Lehmann, MD
    "Recognizing and Managing Geriatric Depression: A Two Part Self Learning Module"
  • 2017     Dawnelle Schatte, MD & Ruth Levine, MD
    "Mood Disorders and Psychotherapeutics Team-Based Learning Activity. https://www.mededportal.org/publication/10392"
  • 2016     Martin Klapheke, MD
    "A Case Study of Neurocognitive Disorders/Dementia: 2015 Self-Learning Module"
  • 2015     Raed Hawa, MD
    "Self-Learning Module (SLM): Insomnia-An Interactive Learning Module"
  • 2014     Hendry Ton, MD
    "The Psychiatric Interview: A Self-Directed Learning Module"
  • 2013     Adriana Foster, MD
  • 2012     Matthew Goldenberg, MD
  • 2011     Linda Madson, MD
• ADMSEP Scholarly Publication Award
• • 2025     Neeral Sheth DO, David Schilling MD
    “Effects of Stigmatizing Language on Trainees' Clinical Decision Making in Substance Use Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial"
  • 2024     Eric Meyer, MD, Kelly Cozza, MD, James West, MD, and Derrick Hamaoka, MD
    Uniformed Services University School of Medicine
    ““The effectiveness of online experiential learning in a psychiatry clerkship” Academic Psychiatry
  • 2023     Frances Lu, MD [Khoury NM, Suser JL, Germain LJ, Myers K, Brown AEC, Lu FG.]
    “A Study of a Cultural Competence and Humility Intervention for Third-Year Medical Students”
  • 2022     Lia Thomas MD, Dawnelle Schatte MD, Gregory Briscoe MD, Susan Lehman MD, & Shruti Patel MD
    "What Should Faculty Advisors Know Before Advising Students Applying to Psychiatry Residency”
  • 2021     Eric G. Meyer, Alexis Battista, John Sommerfeldt, James C. West, Derrick Hamaoka, and Kelly L. Cozza (Uniformed Services University)
    "Experiential Learning Cycles as an Effective Means for Teaching Psychiatric Clinical Skills via Repeated Simulation in the Psychiatry Clerkship"
  • 2020     Lia Thomas, MD (University of Texas Southwestern) and Richard Balon, MD (Wayne State University), and 7 co-authors
    "Recruitment of Black Men and Women into Academic Psychiatry"
  • 2019     David C. Schilling, M.D.
    "Using the Clerkship Shelf Exam Score as a Qualification for an Overall Clerkship Grade of Honors: A Valid Practice or Unfair to Students?"
  • 2018     Matthew Goldenberg, MD
    "Stability and Factors Related to Medical Student Specialty Choice of Psychiatry, Am J Psychiatry 2017; 174(9):859-866"
  • 2017     Lia Thomas, MD & J. Kathlene Trello-Rishel, MD
    "Using a Grading Rubric to Address Grading Discrepancies Across Training Sites in the Psychiatry Clerkship. Acad Psychiatry (2017) 41:151–153"
  • 2016     Susan Lehmann, MD; Mary Blazek, MD; & Dennis Popeo, MD
    "Geriatric Psychiatry in the Psychiatry Clerkship: a Survey of Current Education Practices"
  • 2015     Ruth Levine
    "Team Emotional Intelligence, Team Interactions, and Gender in Medical Students During a Psychiatry Clerkship"
  • 2014     John Spollen III, MD
    "An Approach to Improving Psychiatry NBME and USMLE Performance"
  • 2013     Todd Griswald, MD
• ADMSEP Excellence in Clerkship Administration Award
• • 2025     Valecia Sarmento David Geffen School of Medicine
    
  • 2024     Suzanne Kodya, Drexel University
    
  • 2023     Althea Scott, EdD, Clinical Education Coordinator, Uniformed Services University
    
  • 2022     Kristi Rowell, UT Health Sciences Center at Houston
    
  • 2020     Callie Langenderfer, BS, Michigan State University
    
  • 2018     Cassandre Sacco, BA, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    

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